Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has thanked Türkiye for aiding his nation battle a collection of raging wildfires.
“Our gratitude goes out to Türkiye for sending two firefighting planes and one helicopter to assist us in our fight against forest fires. Thank you Türkiye!,” Mitsotakis stated on Twitter Saturday.
The Greek Foreign Ministry additionally thanked Ankara for the help, saying: “Thank you #Türkiye for your readiness to provide firefighting support&assist #Greece in tackling severe wildfires.”
Earlier Friday, Türkiye ship two amphibious firefighting plane and a firefighting helicopter to assist Greece.
“Under the instructions of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 2 firefighting planes and 1 firefighting helicopter registered in the inventory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry General Directorate of Forestry and crews will be sent to Greece,” the Turkish Communications Directorate stated on Twitter Friday.
“Amphibious aircraft with effective maneuverability and a firefighting helicopter produced with indigenous and national resources will be used in Greece to respond to wildfires,” it added.
The firefighting plane and helicopter arrived in Greece early Saturday.
Greece has been fighting a collection of raging wildfires since final Monday, with firefighting planes and personnel from a number of international locations arriving to assist put out the flames.
Along with Türkiye, France, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, Israel and Jordan are additionally supporting efforts with firefighting planes and helicopters, the Greek Civil Defense stated.
The gesture will additional ease tensions between the 2 neighbors and add momentum to the rapprochement agreed on by Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the latest NATO summit in Lithuania.
It is value mentioning that Greece and different neighboring international locations rushed to Türkiye’s help after the devastating Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, which killed over 50,000 individuals within the southeastern a part of the nation.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
